Upstate Community Giving Campaign

The Community Giving Campaign is Upstate Medical Univeristy’s annual charitable solicitation for all State, Research and MedBest employees for the United Way. It is a convenient way to give to all your favorite charities, including the Upstate Foundation, at one time by check, payroll deduction or credit card (e-Pledge only).

Upstate Foundation Funds

The Upstate Foundation manages more than 1,200 funds. These funds support Upstate students, patients and families, and faculty and staff with fund purposes that encompass education, research, technology, staff development and recognition, and unmet patient needs.

You can designate a gift to an Upstate Foundation fund(s) through the annual Upstate Community Giving Campaign. This is vehicle to use to support an Upstate purpose or project that is meaningful to you. Hamilton White and Elizabeth Blackwell donors may also designate gifts to an Upstate fund. If choosing an Upstate Foundation fund for the Upstate Community Giving Campaign, be sure to add 613 in front of the fund number. 613 is Upstate Medical University’s designated prefix.

Below are some highlighted funds you can give to that benefit Upstate. For a full searchable list, go to the fund search page.

2025 Upstate Foundation Featured Funds

To honor Upstate’s mission to improve the health of the communities we serve through education, research and patient care, the Upstate Foundation has selected featured funds that represent our threefold mission:

President’s Scholarship Endowment (Fund 71250) supports student scholarships in the colleges of Medicine, Health Professions, and Nursing.
Upstate Foundation Research Fund (Fund 47661) supports the research mission in any area of discipline at Upstate.
Friend In Deed (Fund 16330) As Upstate University Hospital’s annual fund, donations are a financial resource for a variety of unmet patient and family needs, and hospital programs and services for which there is no other means of support.

Please consider designating your Community Giving Campaign gift to one of the featured funds or select another Upstate Foundation fund, where your gift impacts the health of the entire region.

Funds with annual donor recognition

Friend In Deed Annual Fund #16330 – for unmet patient needs. Donor recognition at Upstate University Hospital lobby and Upstate Community Hospital corridor to east lobby – for donor gifts $100 and up.

Upstate Cancer Center Annual Fund #47625. Donor recognition at Upstate Cancer Center, 1st floor walkway – for donor gifts $100 and up.

Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital Annual Fund #10025. Donor recognition at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, 11th floor East Tower – for donor gifts $250 and up.

Highlighted Funds

If choosing an Upstate Foundation fund for the Upstate Community Giving Campaign, be sure to add 613 in front of the fund number. 613 is Upstate Medical University’s designated prefix. For full searchable list of over 1,200+ funds click here. Type in fund name or keyword.

Alexa’s Friends Fund #01555
ALS Clinical Research Fund #26850
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund #027
Autism Treatment Research Fund #03575
David G. Bertrand Memorial Fund #04060
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (10H) Fund #05150
Breast Cancer Patient Comfort and Care Fund #05300
Cancer Research Fund #06950
Center for Global Health Fund #07777
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services Fund #07910
Childhood Cancer Research Fund #07950
CHP Alumni Student Scholarship Endowment #619
Clark Burn Center Fund #11005
College of Health Professions Diversity Endowment #61903
Companion Pets Fund #11540
Richard L. Cross, Jr., PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Endowment #61945
DACA Medical Student Scholarship Fund #12970
Dept. of Neurology Parkinson’s Disease Fund #272
Environmental Services Retention Fund #15150
Dr. Stanley L. Erney Endowed Scholarship for Family Medicine #62360
J.S. Ferris Scholarship Endowment for Pediatric NP #63510
Jessica Flegal Memorial Endowment #63550
Friends of Dorothy Immune Health Services Assistance Fund #15500
Hospital at Home Fund #21560
Housecalls for the Homeless Fund #19960
Geriatric Emergency Room Fund #18000
Geriatric Resource Nurses Support Fund #18050
Golisano Center for Special Needs Fund #07850
Tim Green ALS Fund #18240
Griffin’s Fun Fund #18100
Health Professions Alumni Annual Fund #CHP
Charles J. Hodge Jr., MD, Endowed Fund in Neurosurgery #65085
Housecalls for the Homeless Fund #19960
In My Father’s Kitchen Donor Advised Fund DAF-618
Joanne’s Forget Me Not Fund #03075
Joey’s Wish Donor Advised Fund #DAF-306
Joslin Diabetes Center Fund #138
Joslin Diabetes Center Pediatric Program Fund #092
Melanie Kalman Endowed Nursing Scholarship #66125
Dilip S. Kittur, MD, Endowed Lectureship in Oncologic and Hepatobiliary Surgery #66505
Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Fund #23709
Daryl M. Lohm Cancer Patient Assistance Fund #23708
Lukie Frechette SOUL Endowment #638
Lyme and Tick Borne Disease Fund #23709
Mikles/Sorbello Simulation Room #26590
Dr. William Marx Endowed Lecture in Trauma Surgery #67990
Matthew Miller, PhD Memorial Travel Endowment #68160
My Special Angel Jasmine Fund #26730
Nappi Wellness Institute Fund #47686
Neurology, Friends of #15644
Dr. Joseph Nimeh Fund for Pediatric Cancer Patients/Families #28200
Masatoshi Nukui PhD Memorial Endowment #69250
Nursing Alumni Annual Fund #NUR
Nursing Alumni Association Founders Endowment #69301
Nursing Professional Developmental Fund #28950
Nursing Recognition Fund #290
Joan O’Brien Radiation Therapy Scholarship Fund #29800
Omicron Alpha Endowed Nursing Scholarship #69402
Opioid Crisis Fund #30850
Paley’s Pantry – Upstate Fights Student Hunger #47679
Patient & Family Healing Garden & Campus Beautification Fund (Community) #33980
Pediatric Nephrology Support Fund #37555
Physician Assistant Educational Enrichment Endowment #69403
Nicholas B. Rappa Memorial Endowment #71400
Ratner Endowed Professorship in Pediatric Surgery #70450
Donald J. Roller, Jr. Cancer Patient Assistance Endowment #71675
Shiroff Family Mental Health Advocacy Endowed Fund #72875
Simulation Center Support Fund #43000
Social Work Fund #43725
Stroke Program Fund #44450
Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Endowment
Robert L. Sunheimer Clinical Laboratory Sciences Endowment Fund #73657
Transitional Care Services Fund #45900
Transplant Patient Assistance Fund # 45920
Underrepresented Student Recruitment Fund #46300
Unrestricted Fund #001
Upstate Cord Blood Bank Fund #47610
Upstate Employee and Student Emergency Fund #47677
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital Southern Tier Region Fund #47683
Upstate IMT Diversity Scholarship Fund #47684
Upstate Outpatient Pharmacy Fund #47691
Urology Fund, Friends of #47700
Violence Education Prevention Outreach Program (VEPOP) Fund #47975
Visions Federal Credit Union Fund for Kids # 48030
Vision Research #311
Volunteer Enrichment Fund #48060
James Vossler Endowment for CLS # 73910
Wellspring Breast Care Center Fund #48780

Contact information

Questions on directing your contribution to one of our funds can be answered at: 315-464-4416 or FDN@upstate.edu